Germany Awards - Gold Medal with Crown

A gold medal of merit with a crown was awarded on the occasion of the assumption of office on August 19, 1904 of Duke Frederick II. donated by Anhalt. The Crown was granted as an addition to the gold and silver medal for special merit. The gold medal "For Merit" was established as part of the Household Order of Albrecht Medved on 18 November 1836 by the Dukes Heinrich of Anhalt-Köthen, Alexander-Karl of Anhalt-Bernburg and Leopold IV. donated by Anhalt-Dessau. It was awarded as a reward for loyalty and devotion, talents and legitimate service activities. About 140 gold medals with a crown were awarded. Subsequently, the crown could be awarded to the gold medal for merit or directly. Of these, only 7 awards are directly related to the crown. A large number of awards fell on teachers. The Order of the House consisted of the following classes: Grand Cross, Commander, Knight, Gold and Silver Medal of Merit. Merit medals with a crown were rarely awarded. The data on the award is unknown to me. The Crown Meritorious Service Medal could also be awarded with swords. However, they are extremely rare. Source: Gerd Scharfenberg, Die Orden und Ehrenzeichen der Anhaltischen Staaten, Jörg Nimmergut, Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945 Bd.

Round medal made of gilded bronze with a raised border. Above attached movably with a hinge gilded, half-fed, 5-curved crown. A ribbon ring passes through the imperial crown apple.

Front side:

• Along the edge, the wide style is limited by the line inward. On it is rewriting:
• - FEAR - GOD - AND - FOLLOW - HIS - COMMANDS - at the top is a six-pointed star.
In
• a closed field on a wall with 3 teeth and a gate, a bear screams to the right.
• The wall is tilted to the right upward, a bear with a collar and a crown.

Downside:

• Along the edge, the wide style is limited by the line inward. On it is rewriting:
• - ALBRECHT - DER - BEAR - REG. - 1123 - BIS - 1170 - upper 6-ray star.
In the surrounded
• field, the Ankhalta coat of arms above it is a free-floating 5-arc crown.

Tape:

• 38mm wide dark green, sidebar 8mm dark red

Photo: Private collection of Maximilian Ferdinand Leopold Prince of Anhalt

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